§ Sir ARTHUR MARKHAMasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of public money granted to the Kitchen Committee during the present financial year; whether, seeing that Members are now paid a salary of £400 a year, he will discontinue this Grant; whether he is aware that the Kitchen Committee still continues to supply meals below the actual net cost; and will he therefore inform this Committee that the refreshment department must be self-supporting without any Grant of public money?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThere is a Grant under the Vote for the House of Commons Sub-head G of £2,000 "allowance for servants' wages in the refreshment rooms" and of £600 for "maintenance of refreshment plant." In addition, of course, the Kitchen Committee have accommodation free of rent and rates, etc.